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Alain Bucaille
Senior Vice-President, Research and Innovation, AREVA Group, France
Alain Bucaille, 54, is a graduate of Polytechnique et the Corps des Mines. He began his career with several positions abroad, notably in New Caledonia, Japan and Australia.
On returning to France in the 1980s, he was involved in drafting a variety of tax reforms (tax credit for research, business tax, corporate tax) and was rapporteur of the Research and Innovation Commission for the French Government's 10th plan.
In 1989, he joined the Lafarge group as Subsidiary Vice President, later becoming Vice President, Research and Innovation.
In 1997, he became General Manager of Hermès, a position he held for four years. He presides over the Colbert Committee's anti-counterfeit commission.
From 2001 to late 2005, he was advisor on prospective marketing and communications to Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman of AREVA's Executive Board. Since January 2006, he is Senior Vice President of Research and Innovation for the AREVA group.
Alain Bucaille also teaches Social Science at HEC and specializes in the link between the rational and the emotional.